Minnesota Fallen Firefighters
Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends - John 15:13
We continue to research the information to compile a complete list of our Minnesota fallen. If you know of fellow brothers and sisters not on this list, please contact us to add them to the list. Our goal is to provide a complete list of all MN Fallen Firefighters. Every firefighter that gave the ultimate sacrifice DESERVES to be remembered!
Please note that the origin of this list was compiled from the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation, the MN Hundred Club and two books by the The Extra Alarm Association of the Twin Cities. There is distinct differences between each of the lists. Since we don't know which list is correct we have listed information from all the lists. We have also included the notes that were attached to the one of the lists. Again, if you have knowledge to which information is correct, please let us know.
Note: We would like to include a picture and story for every Minnesota LODD. If you have either, please e-mail it to use to include on the website.
August 23, 2012 Update: A great effort was put together by the planners of the Minnesota Fallen Fireghters Memorial, MSFCA, the State Fire Marshals Office and a host of others to verify the list of Minnesota Fallen Firefighters. MFFMA applauds this work to finally have what should be a complete list of MN LODD firefighters. There were also some updates to names, dates and places. Our understanding is that a great thanks go to Alisha Anderson at the State Fire Marshals Office.
Total number of Minnesota LODD Firefighters stands at 210 starting in 1881.
The firefighters are listed by date of death.
|
Year |
Date |
Name |
Fire Department |
|---|---|---|---|
1881 |
Dec 4 |
Cornelius Frederichs | Minneapolis FD |
" |
" |
John Toohey | Minneapolis FD |
1882 |
Aug ? |
Fredrick Guion | St. Paul FD |
|
1884 |
May 9 |
George Wells | St. Paul FD |
|
1885 |
Feb 26 |
M. H. Maloney | St. Paul FD |
1886 |
Aug 6 |
Henry Williams | Minneapolis FD |
|
" |
Oct 17 |
Peter Okerman | St. Paul FD |
|
1887 |
May 5 |
William Cunniff | St. Paul FD |
1988 |
Mar 21 |
Frank Randolph | Anoka FD |
" |
Dec 14 |
Hugh J. Fox | Minneapolis FD |
1891 |
Oct 1 |
Charles W. Mitchell | Minneapolis FD |
1892 |
May 22 |
George Carleton | South St. Paul (Now South Metro FD) |
|
" |
Oct 7 |
John E. Conroy | St. Paul FD |
" |
Dec 8 |
Thomas Jefferson | Minneapolis FD |
|
1893 |
Aug 16 |
Michael Cloonan | St. Paul FD |
1895 |
Jun 27 |
John F. Homer | Minneapolis FD |
" |
" |
Joseph W. Hoy | Minneapolis FD |
" |
" |
Walter A. Richardson | Minneapolis FD |
" |
" |
Christian S. Sande | Minneapolis FD |
" |
" |
Frank W. Uehline | Minneapolis FD |
1898 |
Sep 7 |
Archibald Finlayson | Duluth FD |
" |
" |
Arthur Twaddle | Duluth FD |
1899 |
Dec 17 |
William McVittie | Duluth FD |
1900 |
May 24 |
John J. Strapp | St. Paul FD |
|
" |
Oct 21 |
Francis M. Edey | St. Paul FD |
" |
" |
Bertram P. Irish | St. Paul FD |
" |
" |
William H. Irvine | St. Paul FD |
" |
" |
Louis Wagner | St. Paul FD |
" |
Oct 25 |
Andrew J. Johnson | St. Paul FD |
1902 |
Sep 11 |
Phillip Stackmesser | Duluth FD |
" |
Nov 21 |
John F. Baker | Minneapolis FD |
1903 |
Jun 2 |
John Patrick Noonan | Minneapolis FD |
|
" |
Aug 24 |
Patrick Fleming | St. Paul FD |
1904 |
Dec 13 |
John M. Fellows | Minneapolis FD |
1906 |
Jan 10 |
John Berwin | Minneapolis FD |
|
1907 |
Sep 14 |
Edward A. Low | St. Paul FD |
1908 |
Jan 15 |
Arthur F. Rose | Duluth FD |
" |
Jan 24 |
Charles H. Bradley | Minneapolis FD |
1909 |
Jan 26 |
John J. Kelly | Duluth FD |
" |
May 17 |
John McNamara | Minneapolis FD |
" |
Sep 26 |
Daniel L. Kane | Minneapolis FD |
1911 |
Mar 27 |
Ferdinand Pearson | Minneapolis FD |
|
" |
Jun 7 |
Michael A. Kane | St. Paul FD |
|
" |
Jul 18 |
Stanley W. Manning | St. Paul FD |
|
1912 |
Feb 19 |
John Thome | St. Paul FD |
|
" |
Apr 4 |
Michael McGarry | St. Paul FD |
" |
Sep 3 |
William Traeger | Minneapolis FD |
1913 |
Apr 19 |
Michael Fallenstein | Mankato FD |
" |
Jun 17 |
Frank Kanesky | Minneapolis FD |
" |
Jun 18 |
John Gray | Minneapolis FD |
1914 |
Feb 14 |
Henry C. Rumpel | Duluth FD |
1915 |
Sep 10 |
Fredrick E. Granzow | Duluth FD |
|
1916 |
May 21 |
John Flaherty | St. Paul FD |
|
1918 |
Jul 21 |
Frank Weber | Winona FD |
|
1919 |
Mar 9 |
Daniel Campion | St. Paul FD |
|
" |
May 28 |
Louis Kieger | St. Paul FD |
1920 |
May 25 |
Dennis Laughlin | Minneapolis FD |
" |
Jun 6 |
Charles W. Wilson | Duluth FD |
|
1921 |
May 22 |
John Harmon | Renville FD |
" |
Dec 19 |
Alfred Godette | St. Paul FD |
1922 |
Dec 28 |
Gust T. Peterson | Minneapolis FD |
1924 |
Jan 18 |
Hartvig C. Christenson | Minneapolis FD |
|
1927 |
Apr 10 |
George A. Brown | St. Paul FD |
" |
May 16 |
Louis P. Malchow | Minneapolis FD |
" |
" |
James J. McGuire | Minneapolis FD |
" |
Dec 31 |
James E. Brady, Jr. | Minneapolis FD |
1928 |
May 8 |
William R. Marden | Minneapolis FD |
" |
" |
Arthur N. Lawrence | Minneapolis FD |
1929 |
Nov 17 |
Partick H. Sullivan | Duluth FD |
" |
Dec 5 |
Robert Peschl | St Cloud FD |
1930 |
Apr 17 |
Albert Thuleen | Minneapolis FD |
" |
Nov 14 |
John McGinnis | Minneapolis FD |
|
1931 |
Apr 29 |
Hjalmer Anderson | Cloquet FD |
|
1932 |
Mar 20 |
Patrick Flaherty | St. Paul FD |
|
" |
Dec 18 |
Louis Literski | St. Paul FD |
|
1933 |
Feb 10 |
Joseph J. Foley | St. Paul FD |
|
" |
Aug 10 |
John A. Grym | Virginia FD |
1934 |
Aug 30 |
David F. Whelan | Minneapolis FD |
" |
Nov 16 |
John Kuhlke | Minneapolis FD |
1935 |
Jun 27 |
Nicholas Pangilo | Minneapolis FD |
1938 |
Feb 19 |
Charles H. Duff | Minneapolis FD |
|
1939 |
Sep 30 |
William F. Kellerman | St. Paul FD |
|
1940 |
Jan 3 |
Harry Hawkinson | Virginia FD |
" |
Jan 18 |
Jesse I. Steene | Minneapolis FD |
| " | Dec 22 | Clarence Hilstad | Kenyon FD |
|
1941 |
Feb 20 |
James E. Seery | St. Paul FD |
" |
Dec 4 |
Arthur Tyczynski | Minneapolis FD |
|
1942 |
Jan 9 |
Russell E. Hunt | St. Paul FD |
" |
" |
Thomas J. Kell | St. Paul FD |
" |
" |
Frank G. Minogue | St. Paul FD |
" |
Jul 23 |
Peter S. Mackey | Rochester FD |
1943 |
May 3 |
Lyman Moore | Minneapolis FD |
" |
Oct 16 |
John A. Nelson | St. Paul FD |
|
1945 |
Jun 4 |
Milford Holm | St. Paul FD |
" |
Nov 19 |
Orvie Mellen Solberg | Duluth FD |
|
1946 |
8 Oct |
Fredric A. Oberg | Cloquet FD |
1947 |
Jan 23 |
Arnold Albin Anderson | Minneapolis FD |
" |
" |
Donald Thomas Laycock | Minneapolis FD |
" |
" |
Harlow Joseph Tischer | Minneapolis FD |
|
" |
Jan 28 |
John Matthew Weimer | St. Paul FD |
" |
Feb 2 |
Walter Raymond McLeod | Minneapolis FD |
" |
Mar 1 |
William H. McLaughlin | Minneapolis FD |
" |
Oct 23 |
Herbert T. Brodahl | Minneapolis FD |
" |
Nov 5 |
Henry Obinger | Minneapolis FD |
|
1948 |
Apr 15 |
Philip Ewald | St. Paul FD |
" |
May 24 |
Homer C. Harris | Minneapolis FD |
|
1949 |
Jun 9 |
Harold Barck | St. Paul FD |
" |
" |
Frank McMahon | St. Paul FD |
" |
" |
Edward Novak | St. Paul FD |
" |
Nov 24 |
John J. Dillon | St. Paul FD |
|
1950 |
Feb 21 |
Ernest Kellerman | St. Paul FD |
|
" |
Dec 26 |
Sam Jurgensen | St. Paul FD |
1951 |
Oct 30 |
Emmett O'Conner | St. Paul FD |
" |
Nov 11 |
Clarence McRoberts | Minneapolis FD |
|
1952 |
Jan 13 |
Myron Longeway | St. Paul FD |
" |
Jul 11 |
Alfred Joseph Gagne | Duluth FD |
|
" |
Oct 26 |
Harold Bowman | St. Paul FD |
1953 |
Jun 25 |
Daniel C. Ness | Fergus Falls FD |
| " | Jul 17 | William Edward Mayhew | Duluth FD |
|
" |
Dec 24 |
Stanley O'Brien | Rochester FD |
|
" |
" |
Ambrose Riley | Rochester FD |
|
1954 |
Oct 25 |
Everett Merlin Myers | St. Paul FD |
1955 |
Feb 3 |
Orney P. Hoagland | Minneapolis FD |
" |
Mar 5 |
Herbert McLellan | Duluth FD |
" |
Jun 16 |
James Spillane | Richfield FD |
|
1956 |
Mar 14 |
Edward Bednar | St. Paul FD |
|
1957 |
Jan 14 |
Walter Rose | St. Paul FD |
1958 |
Jan 19 |
Daniel P. Gerdes | Minneapolis FD |
" |
Apr 17 |
Roger Oldre | Minneapolis FD |
|
" |
Jun 16 |
Chauncey Pettinelli | Virginia FD |
1959 |
Sep 4 |
John Zasada | St. Paul FD |
|
" |
Sep 30 |
Maximus G. Wermerskirchen | Shakopee FD |
" |
Dec 15 |
William C. Gross | Minneapolis FD |
1961 |
Feb 16 |
Arthur A. Olson | Duluth FD |
|
1962 |
Feb 2 |
Charles Whitbred, Jr | St. Paul Park FD |
" |
Feb 28 |
Henry A. Crone | Minneapolis FD |
" |
Dec 11 |
Clarence John Taatjes | Raymond FD |
1963 |
Jan 5 |
Emmett Mulcrone | St. Paul FD |
" |
Mar 3 |
Samuel Ricci | St. Paul FD |
" |
Oct 26 |
Avlin Pagel | Winona FD |
1964 |
Jun 18 |
David E. Mehling | Duluth FD |
" |
23 Jul |
Leo W. Moughan | Minneapolis FD |
" |
Oct 1 |
Kurt G. Scheibe | St. Louis Park FD |
1965 |
Sep 24 |
Charles E. Burkeli | Minneapolis FD |
" |
Oct 13 |
Chester Sorely | Minneapolis FD |
|
1966 |
Aug 17 |
Robert Berthiamume | St. Paul FD |
|
1967 |
Jan 25 |
Herman Schmaltz | St. Paul FD |
" |
Oct 2 |
Maurice Rehse | Aitkin FD |
" |
Oct 7 |
Henry R. Beninga | Marietta FD |
" |
Dec 24 |
Robert W. Klaenhammer | Gladstone FD and Maplewood FD |
1968 |
Jun 2 |
Jay Bloemers | South St. Paul FD (Now South Metro FD) |
|
" |
Jun 20 |
Francis Conway | St. Paul FD |
|
1969 |
Mar 25 |
Roger Killoran | Lakewood Township FD |
|
1971 |
Oct 8 |
Arnold Johnson | St. Louis Park FD |
|
" |
" |
Robert McElmurry | St. Louis Park FD |
|
1972 |
Feb 22 |
Wallace J. Abbott | St. Paul FD |
|
" |
Sep 4 |
John H. Kill | St. Paul FD |
|
1973 |
Nov 25 |
John Zilliox | St. Paul FD |
|
1974 |
11 Jan |
Erling Armstrong | West St. Paul FD (Now South Metro FD) |
|
" |
" |
John Heuer | West St. Paul FD (Now South Metro FD) |
|
" |
" |
Richard Neikirk | West St. Paul FD (Now South Metro FD) |
|
1975 |
Oct 7 |
Gordon "Scotty" Mattson | Cloquet FD |
|
1976 |
Jan 23 |
Otis Ondler | Rochester FD |
|
" |
Feb 18 |
Warren Clasen | St. Paul FD |
|
" |
Dec 14 |
George W. Aker Jr. | St. Paul FD |
1977 |
Mar 16 |
Grant R. Benson | Minneapolis FD |
" |
" |
Jack D. Crothers | Minneapolis FD |
1979 |
Feb 18 |
Robert Becker | Winona FD |
|
" |
Apr 1 |
Robert Reiners | Minneapolis FD |
|
1980 |
Jun 19 |
Michael Goettsche | Bloomington FD |
|
" |
Nov 1 |
Robert LaValle | Circle Pines FD |
|
" |
Jan 22 |
Robert B. Hays | Mahtomedi FD |
|
" |
" |
Bruce J. Raeburn | Mahtomedi FD |
" |
Jan 30 |
Richard Francis Wagner | Duluth FD |
" |
Dec 8 |
Marion Cunningham * | Waseca FD |
|
1983 |
Dec 23 |
Charles L. Drenth * | Lyle FD |
|
1984 |
Jan 17 |
Thomas K. Hollingsworth | Robbinsdale FD |
" |
Jul 15 |
Carl E. Hardel | Brownton FD |
|
1985 |
Jan 7 |
David J. Kane | Sauk Centre Volunteer FD |
|
" |
" |
Douglas E. Zabel | Sauk Centre Volunteer FD |
" |
Feb 10 |
Robert J. Johnson, Jr. | Plainview FD |
" |
Sep 10 |
Victor E. Buckingham | Owatonna FD |
" |
Nov 18 |
Debra R. Swanson | Dalbo FD |
1986 |
Apr 24 |
John D. Schwenn * | Ostrander Volunteer FD |
" |
Dec 24 |
Norman A. Lukken * | Battle Lake FD |
|
1987 |
Oct 20 |
Robert K. Edwards + | Hollandale Volunteer FD |
" |
Oct 31 |
Kathleen (Katie Winter) Gohman | Kimball FD |
|
1989 |
Jun 20 |
Larry Dean House * | Wood Lake Volunteer FD |
|
" |
Sep 16 |
Gary L. Skoglund | St. Paul FD |
|
" |
Sep 30 |
Daniel J. Wroblewski * | Winona FD |
|
1990 |
May 28 |
Jerry A. Reed * | Deer River FD |
|
1991 |
Oct 14 |
Frederick W. Templin | St. Cloud FD |
1996 |
Apr 9 |
Melvin Windschitl | Chanhassen FD |
|
1997 |
Jul 26 |
Harvey Jerome Chlian, Jr. * | Starbuck FD |
|
" |
Nov 2 |
LeRoy Swenson | Minneapolis FD |
|
1998 |
Apr 13 |
Michael C. "Mick" Wiborg + | Chanhassen FD |
|
1999 |
Oct 7 |
Marvin L. Huisman | Wilmont FD |
|
" |
" |
William Myers # | St. Anthony FD |
|
2002 |
Jul 1 |
Kim Alan Granholm | Esko FD |
" |
Dec 12 |
Jonathan M. Lanphear | Boyd FD |
2003 |
Oct 27 |
Don J. Billig | St. Cloud FD |
2006 |
Jan 16 |
David "Cookie" Klapprich | Wayzata FD |
" |
Nov 12 |
Kyle William Clarence Weisbrich | Melrose FD |
2007 |
Feb 13 |
Barry DeLude | Minneapolis FD |
2008 |
Apr 29 |
Jeremy Jylka | Pine City FD |
2009 |
Nov 14 |
Ramon E. Hain | St. Paul FD |
2011 |
May 23 |
Chip Imker | Cambridge FD |
2013 |
Dec 9 |
Matthew Charles Frantz | Rice Lake FD |
2015 |
Feb 19 |
Randy Hiti | Rice Lake FD |
" |
Aug 31 |
Shane Clifton | St. Paul FD |
"-" = Unknown Date
"*" = Firefighter had cardiac arrest after leaving
the fire scene.
"*" = There isn't enough information to indicate
that this firefighter died in the line of duty.
"+" = Firefighter died during training/testing
"#" = Firefigher died due to illnes related to
fire fighting
